Dream Theater entered the studio in February v. No News is Good News

[Calvin6s]

Anna Lee Pt. 2: Analy

Anna Lee Pt. 2:  Welcome to Prison

[hefdaddy42]

JR appears to be in Arizona.

[Zook]

Initiate stalking mode

[hefdaddy42]

Initiate stalking mode

[?]

He also doubles lots of parts with acoustic, for texture.

His clean/acoustic lines are one of my favorite things about his style, specifically on WDADU and I&W.

Oh yeah, I love it when he does that on songs like Afterlife and Another Day.

I'm wondering if JP had an accident or something and is hiding his face until it has healed.

Maybe he's still bummed from finding out that he was the one who was actually the killing hand?

He'll never get rid of the beard, because he's Scarred for life.

[JayOctavarium]

Ha

[hefdaddy42]

JR appears to be in Arizona.

Vacation is now over apparently.

[Yazman]

Octavarium Pt. II: Hexadecatarium!

[Prog Snob]

Octavarium Pt. II: Hexadecatarium!

But that would be 16 and this is the 13th album. 

[Onno]

Octavarium Pt. II: Hexadecatarium!

But that would be 16 and this is the 13th album.

5+8 = 13

NUGGETZ

[Elite]

I'm wondering if JP had an accident or something and is hiding his face until it has healed.

Maybe he's still bummed from finding out that he was the one who was actually the killing hand?

He needs to find the shaving hand.

[puppyonacid]

Following on from the discussion about JPs guitar tone, I'm sure he has said in a a few interviews now that when it comes to recording (particularly rhythm tracks) that he plugs straight in to his amp.

And for the guy who said "remember when you could just plug a gibson or a strat into a marshall and get a great tone?" - yup I do. Marshall is one thing, but give me a Musicman over a strat or Gibson any day. Gibsons are horrendously over priced average guitars.

[Elite]

^ that is a little too generalising. While I agree with you somewhat (I don't like Gibson guitars a lot either), it's not that all their guitars are bad. The quality differences between the same models are way too high. There are Gibsons that work beautifully and the next guitar from the same model can be a total clunker. On a guitar-to-guitar basis, at least in my experience, Gibson's quality is not very consistent.

[Prog Snob]

^ that is a little too generalising. While I agree with you somewhat (I don't like Gibson guitars a lot either), it's not that all their guitars are bad. The quality differences between the same models are way too high. There are Gibsons that work beautifully and the next guitar from the same model can be a total clunker. On a guitar-to-guitar basis, at least in my experience, Gibson's quality is not very consistent.

You're buying a name, that's why.  They don't all have to be perfect sounding.  As long as that Gibson name is on there, people will buy it regardless. 

[ReaPsTA]

JR appears to be in Arizona.

Vacation is now over apparently.

This forum's discussion has reached tabloid magazine levels.  (There's nothing else to talk about though, so I can't blame anyone)

[rumborak]

It is such a shame that they can't just grab a camera and share a video here and there. Steven Wilson's HCE studio vignettes added so much to the excitement about the album.

[King Postwhore]

It is such a shame that they can't just grab a camera and share a video here and there. Steven Wilson's HCE studio vignettes added so much to the excitement about the album.

They sure did.  The 6 Degrees shorts got all of us riled up.

[hefdaddy42]

JR appears to be in Arizona.

Vacation is now over apparently.

This forum's discussion has reached tabloid magazine levels.  (There's nothing else to talk about though, so I can't blame anyone)

Not sure I would relate it to tabloids.  They tend to give information that the celeb in question didn't volunteer.

JR posted this on his facebook page.

[BlobVanDam]

This thread is more like a DT TMZ.

[Prog Snob]

It is such a shame that they can't just grab a camera and share a video here and there. Steven Wilson's HCE studio vignettes added so much to the excitement about the album.

They sure did.  The 6 Degrees shorts got all of us riled up.

All of the more recent MP era albums were like that.  I still watch the Bear Tracks studio visits from Metropolis 2.  I love the behind the scenes stuff when MP was at the helm.  As a super fan, my appetite was constantly fulfilled.  Now, not so much.  We were basically spoiled as fans for the longest time and  I think that's what is happening here.  I wish we still had the YJR releases coming out.  Who knows what MP has in that vault of his! 

[King Postwhore]

This thread is more like a DT TMZ.

I admit, I stop and watch TMZ if I like the celeb.  More for them mocking each other though.

[Setlist Scotty]

Who knows what MP has in that vault of his!

Probably everything, and then some! I wouldn't be surprised if he has every single take of every instrument from all of the DT albums he was involved with, never mind all the jams and other things he recorded during the writing sessions that served as a basis for many songs and lots of parts that were left on the cutting room floor. I'd love to spend a year just going thru and cataloging everything in his vault.

[Prog Snob]

Who knows what MP has in that vault of his!

Probably everything, and then some! I wouldn't be surprised if he has every single take of every instrument from all of the DT albums he was involved with, never mind all the jams and other things he recorded during the writing sessions that served as a basis for many songs and lots of parts that were left on the cutting room floor. I'd love to spend a year just going thru and cataloging everything in his vault.

Seriously!  I remember reading in an old interview that he said he tapes every moment that DT are in the studio.  Imagine the box set he could put out if he did it by album.  I am almost positive The Beatles have released such box sets. 

[fadetoblackdude7]

I would've love to have seen the bootleg live DVD of the BC&SL tour that never saw the light of day.

[Prog Snob]

I would've love to have seen the bootleg live DVD of the BC&SL tour that never saw the light of day.

I have two DVD boots from that tour.  One from the Kaliakra Rock Fest in Bulgaria and another from Brazil, the Kaliakra show being the better of the two in my opinion, which is a 2 DVD set.

[bosk1]

Typical shaky hand holding a cell phone types, complete with muffled sound and black screen every so often when security comes by?

[Prog Snob]

Typical shaky hand holding a cell phone types, complete with muffled sound and black screen every so often when security comes by?

The Kailakra boot is steady throughout. I haven't watched the whole thing from start to finish, but after skipping around a bit I am not sure there are many close-ups. The picture is really clear though.  The Brazil boot is done with a handheld and is a  bit shaky at times but it has more close-ups.  Neither are ideal for a professional release but it's better than having nothing at all.  I'll take a crappy quality boot of some of the rarer Dream Theater shows over nothing at all any day.

[Calvin6s]

Since we are on bootlegs, it would be cool to have video of just the best version of each DT song rolled up into a few DVDs/BluRays.

Best just meaning a subjective opinion weighing Audio/Video quality, video angle(s) of there most unique performance of each song.
So just have a WDADU+I&W DVD of the best live versions of each song out there.  That means Pull Me Under could be 1993 San Francisco and Another Day could be 2013 Thailand.

I spent more time collecting / cataloging my bootlegs than watching / listening / simply enjoying them.   So I'd probably be excited getting into Portnoy's vault for a few hours, then I'd probably start to lose interest.

[Dream Team]

Following on from the discussion about JPs guitar tone, I'm sure he has said in a a few interviews now that when it comes to recording (particularly rhythm tracks) that he plugs straight in to his amp.

And for the guy who said "remember when you could just plug a gibson or a strat into a marshall and get a great tone?" - yup I do. Marshall is one thing, but give me a Musicman over a strat or Gibson any day. Gibsons are horrendously over priced average guitars.

Poor Hetfield, he never realized he had such an awful rhythm tone back in the 80s . . . 

[rumborak]

I somewhat agree with the notion that, for their sound, Gibsons are heavily overpriced. They were kinda the original Apple product, where the image of having one heavily drove up the price.
And I also agree that while Strats can sound amazing, they can also sound like total ass.
Regarding MusicMans, they are very versatile in their sound, but at the same time they're master of none (and this is coming from an owner of a MusicMan).

[TAC]

I would've love to have seen the bootleg live DVD of the BC&SL tour that never saw the light of day.

Weren't two of the songs broadcast somewhere?

[bosk1]

Another Day could be 2013 Thailand

But the problem with having the best version of Another Day is that what you are stuck with is a version of Another Day.

[TAC]

Knock it off, Bosk!

[Madman Shepherd]

Who knows what MP has in that vault of his!

Probably everything, and then some! I wouldn't be surprised if he has every single take of every instrument from all of the DT albums he was involved with, never mind all the jams and other things he recorded during the writing sessions that served as a basis for many songs and lots of parts that were left on the cutting room floor. I'd love to spend a year just going thru and cataloging everything in his vault.

Well, why don't you?  You're friends, right?  Give him a call and tell him you'll be over in a week.  If everyone on this forum chipped in a dollar, we could donate in upwards of 100 dollars to supply you with gas or food (take your pick, you don't get both) and you could give us a full report. 

Everybody in?

[wasteland]

Another Day could be 2013 Thailand

How can that be AD's best performance when the band didn't even tour in 2013? In this half decade (10-15) Another Day has only been performed once, in Austin on the 20th anniversary of the release of Images And Words (7/7/12).